CommonParlance
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Ordinary-language usages. Seeded from the Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025, CC BY 4.0.
Context admission
Admitted. Context admission is separate from purpose assessments and factual verdicts.
Why maintain this knowledge?
No justification recorded. This does not mean the knowledge is unjustified; no applicable assessment has been adopted.
Particular uses
These assessments concern specific investigations, audiences, or applications. They do not replace the default justification or authorize other uses.
No particular uses recorded here.
Review or propose an assessment
Purpose authoring is optional. Propose a more specific default or a particular use only when there is something more specific to say. Each proposal includes its scope and reasoning in one market.
Purpose assessments are separate from factual reasoning and context admission. A missing or denied purpose does not change a factual verdict or prevent context creation.
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beholding in CommonParlance
- definition perception by means of the eyes
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behoove in CommonParlance
- definition be appropriate or necessary
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behove in CommonParlance
- definition be appropriate or necessary
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beige in CommonParlance
- definition of a light greyish-brown color
- definition a very light brown
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beigel in CommonParlance
- definition (Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust
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beignet in CommonParlance
- definition a deep-fried, yeast-raised doughnut dusted with confectioners' sugar
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being in CommonParlance
- definition the state or fact of existing
- definition a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
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beingness in CommonParlance
- definition the state or fact of existing
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bejewel in CommonParlance
- definition adorn or decorate with precious stones
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bel canto in CommonParlance
- definition a style of operatic singing
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bel esprit in CommonParlance
- definition a witty or clever person with a fine mind
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belabor in CommonParlance
- definition to work at or to absurd length
- definition attack verbally with harsh criticism
- definition beat soundly
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belabour in CommonParlance
- definition to work at or to absurd length
- definition beat soundly
- definition attack verbally with harsh criticism
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belated in CommonParlance
- definition after the expected or usual time; delayed
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belatedly in CommonParlance
- definition later than usual or than expected
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belay in CommonParlance
- definition something to which a mountain climber's rope can be secured
- definition turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or them
- definition fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat
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belaying pin in CommonParlance
- definition a wood or metal bar to which a rope can be secured (as on a ship or in mountain climbing)
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belch in CommonParlance
- definition a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth
- definition expel gas from the stomach
- definition become active and spew forth lava and rocks
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belching in CommonParlance
- definition the forceful expulsion of something from inside
- definition a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth
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beldam in CommonParlance
- definition an ugly evil-looking old woman
- definition a woman of advanced age
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beldame in CommonParlance
- definition an ugly evil-looking old woman
- definition a woman of advanced age
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beleaguer in CommonParlance
- definition annoy persistently
- definition surround so as to force to give up
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beleaguering in CommonParlance
- definition the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
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belemnite in CommonParlance
- definition a conical calcareous fossil tapering to a point at one end and with a conical cavity at the other end containing (when unbroken) a small chambered phragmocone from the shell of any of numerous extinct cephalopods of the family Belemnitidae
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belemnitic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to belemnites